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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轉* | 轉* | *轉
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
HSK 3
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to shift; to relocate; to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize
HSK 4
(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
HSK 4
to turn sth around / to swivel
HSK 4
to turn / to go around a corner
HSK 4
to pass on / to communicate / to transmit
HSK 4
to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
HSK 5
to change; to turn; to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization
HSK 5
to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
HSK 5
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轉* | 轉* | *轉
to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions
HSK 6
to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl
HSK 6
to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
HSK 6
to make a sudden turn
HSK 7-9
(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
HSK 7-9
to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around
HSK 7-9
(to take) a turn for the better / to change planes
HSK 7-9
to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
HSK 7-9
to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion
HSK 7-9
relay / broadcast (on radio or TV)
HSK 7-9
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital)
HSK 7-9
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily / to stare
HSK 7-9
to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly
HSK 7-9
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
HSK 7-9
to pass on / to convey / to communicate
HSK 7-9
to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
HSK 7-9
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip
reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
to go for a stroll
turntable / rotary (traffic)
to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轉* | 轉* | *轉
to change over to; to shift to; to switch to
to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth
(music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
to forward; to transfer; to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor
reincarnation (Buddhism)
to shift / to transfer
converter / transducer
to turn back / to reverse
transit hub; transport hub; interchange
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
to revolve; to rotate / to turn around; to turn back / to go back; to return / (skiing) slalom
to forward (a letter, email, package etc)
to get lost / to lose one's way
bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner
to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent
nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
confused and disoriented
(telephony etc) to switch / to connect / to transfer
to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
to change (train or plane) / transfer / correspondence
transcription / to make a copy of a recording
to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital)
convertible debt / convertible bond
to turn right
digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time
to turn to (sth else); to switch to
angular velocity / number of revolutions per minute
to turn left
to sublet / to sublease
distribution depot / staging post / transit center
to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander
to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
(of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse / Taiwan pr. [dao4zhuan3]
to translate (to another language) / to convert
to adapt for use for another purpose
to turn left (Shanghainese)
in the twinkling of an eye / in a flash / to turn one's eyes
to resell
to fight in one place after another
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移
rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
(voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful
turning point
the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break / things change for the better
to change the channel (TV)
rotating stage / swivel table
to rotate
to pass (sth) on (to sb else) / to transfer sb (to another hospital etc)
(electricity) rotor
to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
a turntable
(idiom) fleeting; transitory
to change one's profession / to transfer to civilian work
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
to change one's mind (idiom)
to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character
swivel chair / children's roundabout

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